Barry Luokkala Teaching Professor Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University Email: bl0a@andrew.cmu.edu Phone: 412-268-2756 FAX: 412-681-0648

Barry Luokkala is Director of Undergraduate Physics Laboratories in the Department of Physics and Program Director for the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Sciences.

As a member of the faculty at Carnegie Mellon, Luokkala has done much to shape the introductory experimental physics course into its present form, and has created a new laboratory course for students in the pre-health professions. Recently he created a seminar course for first-year students on the subject of science and science fiction, and has been invited to speak on several occasions on various aspects of science fiction. He has been instrumental in the design of new undergraduate science laboratories, which are now under construction at Carnegie Mellon and scheduled for completion in the fall of 2002.

Luokkala has been involved in numerous outreach activities to promote science education, several of which are aimed at women and under-represented minorities. In addition, he has done consulting work for such diverse institutions as the University of Pittsburgh, Chatham College, Carnegie Mellon's art and drama departments, McGraw Hill, Academic Press, and the BBC.

Selected Publications

Luokkala, B.B., S. Garoff, R. D. Tilton, and R. M. Suter, "Interfacial Structure and Rearrangement of Nonionic Surfactants near a Moving Contact Line," Langmuir 17, 5917 (2001).